Friends provide essential support that allows us to plan ahead, respond to new opportunities and continue delivering life-changing programmes, safeguarding collections and maintaining our unique build...

Hear Sara Sheridan, Glasgow-based writer of over 20 books including a cosy crime noir mystery series set all over 1950s Britain.

Join a fun evening celebrating women's print media with Glasgow Women’s Library!

Hear about the remarkable women who have made Garnethill one of the most exciting cultural and multicultural hotspots in Glasgow.

From an urban myth about a thrown pineapple to a solid silver trophy: Glasgow Women’s Library takes home a unique new award honouring the community groups powering local activism and transformation.

We are seeking a full-time, temporary Archivist to join our dynamic team. This is a post that will cover a period of parental leave. This post holds a central role [...]

The latest exhibition offering at Glasgow Women’s Library is part of the 2026 Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art: a varied and vibrant festival celebrating both the local and the [...]

Ruth Ewan’s interactive installation, currently on display at the Glasgow Women’s Library collects vinyl records and ephemera.

Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) is a unique and special place - the only Accredited Museum dedicated to women’s history in the UK, and a Recognised Collection of National Significance in Scotland. A wel...

Podcast Episode · Made in Scotland · 11 March · 28min

As part of South Asian Heritage Month we’re showcasing archival material created by and for British South Asians, with a focus on LGBTQ+ communities.

Feminist Librarianship, published in March 2026, is a collection of texts from more than twenty feminist thought-leaders and librarians. The book articulates the strong link between libraries and fema...

A short film made after walks in Glasgow, Scotland between Queen Street Station and the Glasgow Woimens Library

Novel follows young homeless siblings as they try to survive a bewildering new world

Community councils argued the late finish would cause even more noise and disruption for neighbours.

Since its inception in 1991, Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL) has grown from an unfunded, grassroots group totally reliant on volunteers into a renowned, unique and multi-award winning organisation…

Lilian Thuram, World Cup winner and anti-racist activist will talk about their book White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity

This Doing Disability Futures event will feature a reading and art performance, plus reflections and conversation, with speculative fiction writer Rivers Solomon and artist Jenni Juulia Wallinheimo-He...

My PhD research focusses on several themes that emerge in ‘comic’ anti-suffrage / anti-women postcards produced by private companies between 1900 and 1930, and also examines the handwritten messages…

We are excited to present our new addition to the Glasgow Women’s Library’s shop – jigsaws that celebrate our wonderful collection of badges, and will keep you busy throughout the winter.

Turner Prize winner Nnena Kalu participates in a Dundee exhibition challenging ableism in the arts, while land artist Ilana Halperin explores geological phenomena at Fruitmarket.

This Spring, as Scotland goes to the polls, we look back to a time when women were excluded from such a basic democratic right.

In anticipation of the Library’s upcoming event “Queer Speculative Love Letters” with Istanbul-based writer Secil Epik on the 23rd of April, I give a brief introduction into some of the most prominent...